Paper-file.



J- M. MILLER. PAPER FILE. APPLICATION man NOV. I. 1916.

Patented Dec. 41, 19W.

JOHN M. MILLER, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA.

PAPER-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Patented Dec. a, rain.

Application filed November 1, 1916. Serial No. 129.029.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to files for papers, such as bills and the like, and the object is to construct a device of this character in such a manner that the papers may be easily and quickly attached thereto, and whereby any one of the desired papers on the file may be removed therefrom without interfering with the remainder of the papers attached to the said file.

It is a further object of the invention to construct an article of this character from a single piece of wire.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bill file constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a detail plan view illustrating the hook member brought away from engagement with the end of the tongue.

As the device is adapted to be sustained in a vertical position, being supported from a nail or the like driven into the wall of an oflice or into the desk of the user of the device, I will describe the structure as in applied position.

The device is preferably constructed from a single strand of wire and includes a horizontally disposed tongue 1. The upper edge of this tongue is sharpened and is upon its upper surface provided with a notch 2. The wire member is bent at a right angle with respect to the tongue to provide the central member 3 of the back or support of the file. The member 3 is bent upon itself to provide an eye 4:, the said eye receiving the supporting element, such as the nail heretofore referred to. The central member, upon the said eye is coiled upon itself in the direction of the tongue 1, for a suitable distance and is then bent angularly to provide one of the sides 5 of the back or body. The end of the side 5, in a line with the juncture of the tongue 1 is bent inwardly toward the said central member at its said juncture with the tongue 1, as indicated by the numeral 6, the strand of wire being then extended in a line with the last referred to inbent or turned portion and extended upwardly therefrom at an angle to provide the second side 7. The end of the side 7 is bent around the coil of the central member and is continued rearwardly over the second referred to side 7 and extended outwardly between the first referred to side 5 and the central member 3 and is rounded outwardly and downwardly in what I will term the hook 8. The hook 8 embodies a natural resilient member, and the end thereof is rounded inwardly toward the notched end 2 of the tongue 1. The said end of the hook 8 is sharpened by beveling the opposite sides thereof, and the central portion of this end is slotted or bifurcated as at 9 so that the arms provided by the said hifurcation will straddle the notched end of the tongue 1, whereby to lock the end of the hook upon the said tongue.

It will be apparent that the papers, such as bills or the like may be readily positioned upon the tongue by inserting the sharpened end of the hook through the said papers, and when in such position the said papers may be moved off of the end of the tongue on to the hook. It will be further apparent that by properly positioning the papers upon the file a desired paper may be brought to the end of the hook and the end of the tongue, so that the same may be removed from the file without interfering with the remainder of the papers.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A paper file constructed from a single strand of wire providing a straight tongue having its end sharpened and notched, the wire being bent at an angle to the tongue and being rounded upon itself to provide an eye, the same being coiled from the eye and extended angularly with respect to the first mentioned bent portion and being extended inwardly and rounded around the bent por tion at the juncture of the tongue thereof and continued in a line with the last referred to inturned portion, and thence bent upwardly toward the coiled portion of the file and twisted around the said coiled portion and extended outwardly from the center thereof to provide a rounded hook Which has its end inturned and directed toward the tongue, the end of the hook being bifurcated whereby to engage with the notched end of 10 the tongue to lock the hook upon the tongue.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature.

JOHN M. MILLER.

Guples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

